Vendor Details

HR Avatar

www.hravatar.com

Founded 2009

United States

About HR Avatar Pre-Employment Tests

HR Avatar tests help busy managers hire people who perform better, get along with the team, and stay in the job.
200+ tests for the most popular jobs. Uses a whole-person approach to provide a detailed report of cognitive abilities, knowledge and skills, personality, emotional intelligence and risky behaviors plus a bonus interview guide. Tests also use simulations of job-related tasks that get a better result while providing higher candidate engagement. Perfect for any size business.

Comments: We used Wonderlic and Criteria Corp. While both are great services, HR Avatar offers easy set up and easy to read metrics. What we really like is the ability to work with HR Avatar to design custom validated tests.

Pros: This is a fantastic product that allows our recruitment firm to effectively assess our candidates for technical and "soft" skills, helping us match the perfect candidates for our clients.

Cons: You have to pay for each individual test out of the box. However, I'm not sure that's really a con because the pricing model allows for scalability and HR Avatar will customize a flat fee upon request.

HR Avatar has been a great change

Apr 21, 2017

Susan Rademaker

HR Manager

HCA/Parallon/Revenue Cycle/Louisville

Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Easy to use for employers and candidates. Results are accurate! Candidates reveal traits in the interview that were revealed in the assessment results.

Cons: Nothing. Has been a positive experience!

Overall: We researched candidate assessment vendors for a year before selecting HR Avatar. The team at HR Avatar was responsive, experts in the business, and by far, the most cost effective. The assessment is interactive and a direct reflection of the job. The candidate gets a feel for the job and we get a feel for how successful they may be in the job. Our hiring managers and HR recruitment team love the detailed interview reports that are provided. We have shared this product with other divisions of our organization who are seriously considering also using.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on April 24, 2017

Thanks for the great review, Susan. -Bill

Helps my startup

Mar 24, 2017

Debra Cancro

VoiceVibes, Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Comments: HR Avatar is very helpful to help me objectively compare and rate candidates. It's so easy to use, I just type in a candidate's email address and HR Avatar handles the rest. I'm a big fan!!

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on March 26, 2017

Debra - thanks for the review! - Bill

Enova Illumination

Mar 22, 2017

Roger Heegaard

Enova Illumination, Inc.

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Comments: We had an excellant experience with HR Avatar. The online experience was seamless, the reporting was thorough and easily understandable. And most impressive, was particularly the hands-on expertise, responsiveness and outreach by the company in assisting us and guiding us through this assessment and hiring process.

Overall: We had never used standardized testing during the hiring process before we came on board with HR Avatar. As we scaled, doubling in size, we looked to solutions that would improve our success and longevity rate of our hires. HR Avatar has helped us meet those objectives, by reducing turnover and improving skill and culture fit for all types of roles across our organization. Companies that are looking for scientific and additional assurance of hires would be well suited to look at HR Avatar. It has helped our organization hire rapidly and with confidence, supporting our growth. Also, the simulations mirror real world scenarios which is very helpful in evaluating potential team members. Thanks, HR AVATAR!

Recommendations to other buyers: Use it - you won't be sorry.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on March 17, 2017

Thanks for the great feedback, Leah.

HR AVATAR IS AWESOME!

Mar 16, 2017

Anisia Cornwell

Atlantic Sotheby's International Realty

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Comments: We have had an awesome expirience with HR Avatar. Great service! Great results! Much easier hiring!

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on March 16, 2017

Thanks for your review, Anisia! -Bill

Accurate, easy, and affordable -- a small business' dream come true!

Mar 08, 2017

Lou Marzeles

Publisher

The Goldendale Sentinel

Newspapers, 11-50 employees

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
/
5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Ease and accuracy.

Cons: Took some time to fully discern how accurate the testing is; some of the reports aren't immediately intuitive. But that's a very small concern.

Overall: I come from big-city experience and became the publisher of a small-town newspaper. Everything I thought I knew about effective vetting of job candidate was useless here -- the talent pool and approach to hiring are very different. We researched for months trying to find a testing service that would meet our needs and not cost us the proverbial arm and leg. HR Avatar totally fits the bill. I'm blown away by how accurate and detailed the service is, as well as the attention to detail and tools they provide to help you follow through. Customer service is fantastic. They listen and help. I can't speak highly enough of HR Avatar.

Recommendations to other buyers: Study the sample reports really thoroughly in advance. That gives you the best way to optimize your results.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on March 08, 2017

Lou, Thank you for your review! Also, thanks for the feedback on the phone today. Based on your comments, I requested some tweaks to our score report format to help make them more intuitive. Should be live in a couple days. Let us know what you think. Thanks - Bill

A Valuable Resource!

Nov 30, 2016

Yvonne Boettger

HR Manager

PVFCU

Banking, 51-200 employees

Used the software for: 1-2 years

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: The extensive library of positions, and the detailed report of each candidate received.

Overall: I have found HR Avatar to be an important part of our recruitment and selection process. The value received far exceeds the price.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on November 30, 2016

Thank you Yvonne for your review. I'm glad to hear the Universal Banker test and Loan Officer test is working so well for you. Let us know if there's anything we can do to further assist you. -Bill

Overall: We have used in the past for Customer Service, HR, and other technical positions. The reports are broken up into different categories which make it easy to tell where a candidate excels or needs improvement. This style of testing makes it easy to gauge computer skills. I particularly like the attention to detail score it provides. I do wish that there was some explanation in terms of how the scoring is done. There are a lot of positions I wish I could test using HR Avatar that aren't an option.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on November 23, 2016

Robert, Thanks for your great review!
Score explanation: This is now a feature of our reports. With our summer 2016 update, we added a detailed explanation of the scoring to the end of the score report. It appears on any test reports run after that release.
Additional tests: We have over 200 tests for specific job positions. The test titles are based on the US Dept of Labor job titles, so the titles might deviate from other commonly used job titles. If you search the catalog by your job title, it usually will find the right test, but if not- let us know.
We also have 450 skills-specific tests. If there is a test you'd like to see, please let us know. We create new assessments based on market demand and we would like to hear from you.
Thanks again. -Bill

Cons: Interview questions are not always relevant to what needs to be asked
The per test model is nice if you have narrowed down the candidates but expensive if you want to test lots of people and/or test for multiple positions.

Overall: We really like that there tests simulated a real world working environment. We felt that this gave us even more confidence that if someone scored well on this test that they would also do well on the job.

Have to say deciding to administer pre-employment tests prior to conducting interviews has been by far the best HR decision I have made for our firm. Truly takes out the guess work on whether someone is a good fit for the job. We have hired our first candidate who do well on their test and will keep you posted on whether they work out or not. Thanks again HR Avatar.

Recommendations to other buyers: We narrowed down the candidates to those that we normally would have interviewed but instead administered a test prior to their interview. This enabled us to pick from the top scorers. You might be surprised at who does well and who does poorly on this test. Might have very well avoided a hiring nightmare.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on November 16, 2016

Thanks for the review, Michael. We also offer a subscription pricing model and I'll reach out to you directly to discuss some options.

Its great!

Nov 15, 2016

Christie Reeves

Infinity

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

4
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5

Features & Functionality

4
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5

Customer Support

3
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5

Value for Money

Comments: I have not have much experience with HR Avatar but so far its good and have found ti very easy to use. I would recommend it.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on November 23, 2016

Thank you, Christie, for the review! -Bill

Great tool!

Oct 31, 2016

Beckie Jorgensen

TheBestIRS

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Comments: Candidates have enjoyed the interactive experience. Hiring managers can easily understand the reports and really like how inclusive the tool is for each position. HR Avatar takes the guesswork out of having to send multiple skills tests.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on November 01, 2016

Thanks for your review, Beckie! -Bill

HR Avatar testing was a huge help for our HR department!

Oct 28, 2016

Monica Lacey

Office Manager

Nautican

Maritime, 1-10 employees

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Ease of use, clarity of test results, very comprehensive.

Cons: Can't think of a Con - it was perfect!

Overall: HR Avatar was our company's first experience with pre-employment HR testing & it was exactly what we needed! Comprehensive results and a clear interview guide made the tests helpful for the hiring process, but also the site is very user friendly, easy to navigate, and it's an excellent value for the price! Highly recommend.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on October 31, 2016

Thanks for the review. We're so glad your experience has been great! -Bill

Amazing Service and Spot On Testing

Oct 28, 2016

Mike Collins

Collins Realty Services

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Comments: We had a session with a representative who explained thoroughly how the HR Avatar sire works and the company philosophy pertaining to methods and results tailored to a specific job. Their list of available industry positions was impressive and we were able to find tests that matched our job descriptions. This was a pleasant surprise. The test results were easy to evaluate and we have had excellent results with two management hires. I recommend this product to any company with high quality standards.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on October 28, 2016

Thank you for your review!
-Bill
HR Avatar

Strong Assessment Tool

Oct 28, 2016

Annette Stone

Senior HR Business Partner

GreenSky Credit

Financial Services, 501-1000 employees

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Usability- user friendly. Interpretative results

Cons: nothing

Overall: We have used HR Avatar Customer Service Assessment for hiring Call Center Agents for our Financial Services-Technology Company. We found the assessment easy to disseminate to our candidates and have had a high success rate with completion. The results have been good indicators of a candidates skills and traits as applicable to the actual job. We have been able to hire top performers and avoid bad hires. Overall this assessment is an effective tool.

Recommendations to other buyers: Great indicator of success or failure

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on October 28, 2016

Thanks for your review.
-Bill

Great tool for small business company

Oct 28, 2016

Mindy Roberdeau

Williams & Associates Architecture

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

4
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

4
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5

Value for Money

Comments: Our professional business company used these services to help narrow the field down of potential candidates as part of selection and hiring process. They have very "job-specific" simulated testing that helps to gauge skills, knowledge and even personal traits. It's a great approach to an overall "snap shot" of applicants. It saved our staff time and money that it would have required to do this task on our own. It's one thing for a perspective applicant to tell you they can perform a certain task. It's another thing to have them take the simulated testing that produces concrete and tangible evidence of their ability to actually perform those job-related tasks. The feedback from the candidates we administered the testing to, was very positive. Most had not ever seen one like it. It's not strictly a personality test, like most products out there. It's all inclusive testing tool that includes personality tendencies, job record history, "suggested" red flag areas as well as personality traits. Most test takers loved it! When I signed up to use the Avatar product, I received emails and a personal phone call from the Avatar company. They helped me to narrow done what to use for what we were specifically looking for as well as what we, as a company wanted to target in our hiring process. They were very helpful and accommodating. The ease of use of the product in choosing the tests, administering them and receiving the results was user friendly on top of it. I would highly recommend the Avatar services. We are a small firm and to have this tool helped us achieve our desired goals.

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on October 28, 2016

Thanks for the review!
-Bill
HR Avatar

HR Avatar Experience

Oct 28, 2016

Pamela Julian

HR Assistant

Greensky Trade Credit, LLC

Financial Services, 501-1000 employees

Used the software for: 6-12 months

Source: Capterra

4/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

4
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

4
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5

Value for Money

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: The ease of use

Cons: We didn't purchase it sooner

Overall: HR Avatar is a great program that has truly made a difference in how our company's hiring process functions. This program is so easy to use and offers such incredibly detailed feedback. I would absolutely recommend this program to other businesses.

Recommendations to other buyers: Highly recommend ALL businesses to purchase HR Avatar

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on October 28, 2016

Thank you!
-Bill
HR Avatar

Using HR Avatar for hiring the right candidate

Oct 28, 2016

Marie Porrino

Surf Fire, Security and Safety

Source: Capterra

5/5

Overall

3
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5

Ease of Use

4
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

5
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5

Value for Money

Comments: I signed up for HR Avatar, after having to terminate two people I hired for an Administrative position, because the skills they claimed to have they did not possess. HR Avatar allowed me to customize a test to determine if the candidate possessed the skills the position required.

Though at first I was skeptical of having the applicant take a test before I interviewed them, it proved to be beneficial. So many candidates did not bother to start the test, and some started and never bothered to finish (it was interesting to follow the candidate from the first time they accessed the site, or that they never even attempted to, and each time they interacted with the test site). Those that never started or did not complete the test told me all I needed to know about themselves and I was able to weed them out. It was a nice perk too, that if the candidate never started the test, that I could request my credits back, since they weren't used.

One thing that I did, which would be a beneficial addition from HR Avatar, was to email the candidate to let them know that I was sending them a test via HR Avatar, that was required to be considered for the position, including the approx. length of time it would take to complete the test. I never wanted the receiver to think it might be SPAM and disregard the test. My email letting them know what was coming seemed to me to be the extra step for the candidate to feel safe utilizing the test site, and to know to watch for the test, since we implemented a cut off date for each test to be completed.

I am happy to say that we did hire someone who completed the test, and she has been employed with us for 6 months. I would use HR Avatar again when I need to hire someone

Vendor Response

by HR Avatar
on October 28, 2016

Thanks for the feedback, Marie.
In account settings you can modify the test invitation email template that is sent to the candidate so that it contains your personalized message and signature. Contact us if you'd like us to walk you through it.
-Bill

The technology cutting edge assessment solution

Mar 02, 2015

Paul Ruiz

Stellar Philippines Inc

Used the software for: Less than 6 months

Source: Software Advice

5/5

Overall

5
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5

Ease of Use

5
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5

Features & Functionality

5
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5

Customer Support

Likelihood to Recommend:Not LikelyExtremely Likely

Pros: Easy to use and practicality of price. Very easy to use and probably the lowest available price in the market.

Cons: None so far. I believe the product is perfect and the vendor is really good.

Recommendations to other buyers: Try it. The best way to know about the product is to test it. They provide free credits to new clients.